Episodes

Akash Kapur on Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville
Feb. 26, 2022

Akash Kapur on Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Akash Kapur, the author of “Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville”. Akash Kapur is an award-winning author and journalist whose writing has a...

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Christine Montross on Mental Health vs. the American Incarceration System
Feb. 26, 2022

Christine Montross on Mental Health vs. the American Incarceration Sy…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Scott Reynolds Nelson on How Cheap American Grain Toppled the World's Largest Empires
Feb. 25, 2022

Scott Reynolds Nelson on How Cheap American Grain Toppled the World's…

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Scott Reynolds Nelson, the author of “Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World”. Scott Reynolds Nelson is a history professor at the University of Georgia and an a...

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Neil Lanctot on How and Why the United States Emerged Onto the World Stage
Feb. 25, 2022

Neil Lanctot on How and Why the United States Emerged Onto the World …

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Neil Lanctot, the author of “The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, and Their Clash Over America's Future”. Neil Lanctot, Ph.D. is a historian and author. His books...

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Jamie Beaton on Demystifying the Competitive World of Elite College Admissions
Feb. 24, 2022

Jamie Beaton on Demystifying the Competitive World of Elite College A…

n this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jamie Beaton, the author of “Accepted!: Secrets to Gaining Admission to the World's Top Universities ”. Jamie Beaton is the co-founder and CEO of Crimson Education. In this rol...

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Dwight Chapin on the Life and Administration of Richard Nixon
Feb. 24, 2022

Dwight Chapin on the Life and Administration of Richard Nixon

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Dwight Chapin, the author of “The President's Man: The Memoirs of Nixon's Trusted Aide”. Dwight L. Chapin served as the secretary and deputy assistant to President Richard M. ...

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Marc David Baer on the Ottoman Empire's Enduring Impact on Europe and the World
Feb. 23, 2022

Marc David Baer on the Ottoman Empire's Enduring Impact on Europe and…

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Marc David Baer, the author of “The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs”. Marc David Baer is professor of international history at the London School of Economics and Politic...

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Laura Shin on the History of Ethereum and the 2017 ICO Craze
Feb. 23, 2022

Laura Shin on the History of Ethereum and the 2017 ICO Craze

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Moisés Naím on the Global Spread of Authoritarianism and Its Dangers
Feb. 23, 2022

Moisés Naím on the Global Spread of Authoritarianism and Its Dangers

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Moisés Naím, the author of “The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century”. Moisés Naím is an internationally-syndicated columnist and best...

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Thomas Insel on What a Better Path to Mental Health Might Look Like
Feb. 22, 2022

Thomas Insel on What a Better Path to Mental Health Might Look Like

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Thomas Insel, the author of “Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health”. Thomas Insel is an American neuroscientist and psychiatrist who led the National Institut...

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Erica Katz on the High-Stakes World of Art Forgery
Feb. 21, 2022

Erica Katz on the High-Stakes World of Art Forgery

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Erica Katz, the author of “Fake: A Novel”. Erica Katz is the pseudonym for a graduate of Columbia Law School who began her career at a major Manhattan law firm. A native of Ne...

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Patrick Strickland on How the Citizens of a Small Arizona Border Town Stood Up to Anti-Immigrant Militias and Vigilantes
Feb. 20, 2022

Patrick Strickland on How the Citizens of a Small Arizona Border Town…

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Patrick Strickland, the author of “Marauders: Standing Up to Vigilantes in the American Borderlands”. Patrick Strickland is an author, journalist, and editor. Patrick has repo...

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Jamie Susskind on How Digital Technology Will Transform Politics and Society
Feb. 20, 2022

Jamie Susskind on How Digital Technology Will Transform Politics and …

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jamie Susskind, the author of “Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech”. Jamie Susskind is an award-winning author and barrister. He has held fellowshi...

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Nomi Stolzenberg on How a Group of American Hasidic Jews Established Its Own Local Government
Feb. 17, 2022

Nomi Stolzenberg on How a Group of American Hasidic Jews Established …

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Alexander Zaitchik on the Fight to Produce Lifesaving Medicines
Feb. 17, 2022

Alexander Zaitchik on the Fight to Produce Lifesaving Medicines

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Gal Beckerman on Looking to the Past to Help Us Imagine a Different Future
Feb. 17, 2022

Gal Beckerman on Looking to the Past to Help Us Imagine a Different F…

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Gal Beckerman, the author of “The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas”. Gal Beckerman is an author and the senior editor for books at The Atlantic. Before...

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Angela Stent on How Putin Created a Paranoid and Polarized World
Feb. 17, 2022

Angela Stent on How Putin Created a Paranoid and Polarized World

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Angela Stent, the author of “Putin's World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest”. Angela Stent is senior adviser to the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European St...

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David Robert Grimes on How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
Feb. 16, 2022

David Robert Grimes on How Critical Thinking Can Save the World

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by David Robert Grimes, the author of “Good Thinking: Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World”. David is a scientist with a keen interes...

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Roni Cohen-Sandler on Raising Self-Reliant Teenage Girls in the Age of the Internet
Feb. 16, 2022

Roni Cohen-Sandler on Raising Self-Reliant Teenage Girls in the Age o…

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Roni Cohen-Sandler, the author of “Anything But My Phone, Mom!: Raising Emotionally Resilient Daughters in the Digital Age”. Dr. Roni Cohen-Sandler, PhD, is a licensed clinica...

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Eric Pliner on What To Do When the Algorithm Doesn't Have the Answer
Feb. 16, 2022

Eric Pliner on What To Do When the Algorithm Doesn't Have the Answer

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Eric Pliner, the author of “Difficult Decisions: How Leaders Make the Right Call with Insight, Integrity, and Empathy”. Eric Pliner is CEO of YSC Consulting. He has more than ...

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Amy Webb on How Synthetic Biology Will Change Our Lives
Feb. 15, 2022

Amy Webb on How Synthetic Biology Will Change Our Lives

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Amy Webb, the author of “The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology”. Amy Webb is a quantitative futurist. Amy is a professor at the NYU St...

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Garrett Hongo on His Audio Obsession
Feb. 15, 2022

Garrett Hongo on His Audio Obsession

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Garrett Hongo, the author of “The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo”. Garrett Hongo is a fourth-generation Japanese American academic and Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet. His wo...

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Jeff Rosenblum on How Brands Can Grow Exponentially and Create Communities
Feb. 15, 2022

Jeff Rosenblum on How Brands Can Grow Exponentially and Create Commun…

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jeff Rosenblum, the author of “Exponential: Transform Your Brand by Empowering Instead of Interrupting”. Jeff Rosenblum is the Founding Partner and Chief Strategy Officer of Q...

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Jason Pack on the Conflict in Libya as an Example of Geopolitical Failure
Feb. 14, 2022

Jason Pack on the Conflict in Libya as an Example of Geopolitical Fai…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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